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The invention of the ship was also the invention of the shipwreck.


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There are eyes everywhere. No blind spot left. What shall we dream of when everything becomes visible? We'll dream of being blind.

There are eyes everywhere. No blind spot left. What shall we dream of when everything becomes visible? We'll dream of being blind.



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Speed now illuminates reality whereas light once gave objects of the world their shape.

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To regain our liberty (and our distance), we must slow the images down.



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How can we live if there is no more here and everything is now?


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Images contaminate us like viruses.



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